A "New York Times" extended list bestselling author, DorothyGarlock has won acclaim and awards for her unique ability to convey boththe romance and reality of frontier America. Here she presents one ofher most beloved stories, a tale of a woman in danger of losing both herhome and her heart.

Victoria McKenna is a Western woman -- tough on the outside and soft onthe inside, where she keeps her dreams. Now both her strength and herheart will be challenged. Her late pa's cattle ranch on Wyoming'snotorious Outlaw Trail, the only home she has ever known, has beenunderhandedly sold to a stranger named Mason Mahaffey. Soon Victoriafinds herself confronting a rangy, handsome cowboy with five orphanedbrothers and sisters -- a man whose level blue eyes suggest she has mether match.

Her choice is clear. She can fight him with all her might... or listen to the feelings that tell her Mason is the right man for both this wild country and a woman born of the West.